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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 477.092: Liability for destruction of property by wildfire.

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  1. 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources
  2. 38. Protection from Fire
  3. Chapter 477 — Fire Protection of Forests and Vegetation

(1) As used in this section, “wildfire” has the meaning given that term in ORS 477.089.

      (2) A person is not liable in a civil action for injury to or destruction of property arising out of a wildfire, except to the extent evidence demonstrates that:

      (a) An action or inaction of the person constituted negligence or a higher degree of fault; and

      (b) The action or inaction caused or contributed to the cause of the wildfire or caused or contributed to the spreading of the wildfire.

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